Improvement in horseshoe-nails



P. WINEMAN.

HORSESHOE NAILS. No. 180,181. Patented July 25,1876.

.PET'ERS, FHDTOLITHOGRPHER. WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PARKER WINEMAN, OE ROOK ISLAND, ILLINOIS.

`nvlPRovEll/nsm' IN HoRsEsHoE-'NAlLs- Specification forming' part of Letters Patent N0. 180,181, dated July 25, 1876; application filed February 8, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PARKER WINEMAN, of

Rock Island, in Rock Island county, and State' ot' Illinois, have invented certain Improvements in Horseshoe-Nails, of which the following is a specilication:

My invention relates to horseshoe-nails; and the invention consists in making the body Ot'the nail Oval in its cross-section, with extended and thinned edges, so that the nail will enter the hoofplike a wedge without tear-v ing` or rupturing its substance, as is the case with the rectangular or Hattened nail having wide sides heretofore in use.v

In the accompanying drawings, Figure v1 isl a sideelevation of a horseshoeenail embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-section through the bodyof the same.

Referring to the parts by letters, A represents the head, B the body, and G'the point,

ot a horseshoe-nail. The body portion B is made oval in its cross-section, with extended and thinned edges. It will be seen that the thinnest portion of the metal is at the sides Ot' the nail, so that it will operate like a doubleended wedge, and when driven into the hoof will Ilot fracture O1 tear its substance.

vThese nails I prefer to coat with tin or other non-corrosive alloy or compound, so as tO prevent -injury to the l1o1ses.toot through the oxidation OI' the nails. y

Havingnow described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l A horseshoe-nail, made as described, oval in its cross-section, and with its edges thinned oft, substantially as and for the purpose specitied.

PARKER WINEMAN. Witnesses :p t

THOs. H. HUTcnIN-s, F. P. FORD. 

